Definition of bell

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Bell (n.) A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck..

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Belladonna :: Belladonna (n.) An herbaceous European plant (Atropa belladonna) with reddish bell-shaped flowers and shining black berries. The whole plant and its fruit are very poisonous, and the root and leaves are used as powerful medicinal agents. Its properties are largely due to the alkaloid atropine which it contains. Called also deadly nightshade..
Swell :: Swell (v. i.) To be inflated; to belly; as, the sails swell..
Wind :: Wind (n.) Air artificially put in motion by any force or action; as, the wind of a cannon ball; the wind of a bellows..
Lowbell :: Lowbell (n.) A bell used in fowling at night, to frighten birds, and, with a sudden light, to make them fly into a net..
Radiant :: Radiant (a.) Having a raylike appearance, as the large marginal flowers of certain umbelliferous plants; -- said also of the cluster which has such marginal flowers..
Trinucleus :: Trinucleus (n.) A genus of Lower Silurian trilobites in which the glabella and cheeks form three rounded elevations on the head.
Crank :: Crank (n.) A bent portion of an axle, or shaft, or an arm keyed at right angles to the end of a shaft, by which motion is imparted to or received from it; also used to change circular into reciprocating motion, or reciprocating into circular motion. See Bell crank..
Labellums :: Labellums (pl. ) of Labellu.
Swaged :: Swagbelly (n.) Any large tumor developed in the abdomen, and neither fluctuating nor sonorous..
Triton :: Triton (n.) Any one of numerous species of aquatic salamanders. The common European species are Hemisalamandra cristata, Molge palmata, and M. alpestris, a red-bellied species common in Switzerland. The most common species of the United States is Diemyctylus viridescens. See Illust. under Salamander..
Mesophryon :: Mesophryon (n.) See Glabella.
Rorqual :: Rorqual (n.) A very large North Atlantic whalebone whale (Physalus antiquorum, or Balaenoptera physalus). It has a dorsal fin, and strong longitudinal folds on the throat and belly. Called also razorback..
Earthnut :: Earthnut (n.) The esculent tubers of the umbelliferous plants Bunium flexuosum and Carum Bulbocastanum.
Issue :: Issue (n.) The act of passing or flowing out; a moving out from any inclosed place; egress; as, the issue of water from a pipe, of blood from a wound, of air from a bellows, of people from a house..
Hornpipe :: Hornpipe (n.) An instrument of music formerly popular in Wales, consisting of a wooden pipe, with holes at intervals. It was so called because the bell at the open end was sometimes made of horn..
Libelling :: Libelling () of Libe.
Sea Snipe :: Sea snipe () The bellows fish.
Atropism :: Atropism (n.) A condition of the system produced by long use of belladonna.
Ornament :: Ornament (v. t.) To adorn; to deck; to embellish; to beautify; as, to ornament a room, or a city..
Ting :: Ting (n.) A sharp sound, as of a bell; a tinkling..
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